Animal
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English
Pronunciation
- AHD: ăn'əməl
- IPA: /ˈænəməl/
- SAMPA: /"{n@m@l/
Noun
animal (plural: animals)
- A multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).
- A cat is an animal, not a plant.
- In non-scientific usage, any animal other than a human being.
- (figuratively) A person who behaves wildly.
- This man is an animal.
Synonyms
Translations
organism
- Breton: loen m -ed, aneval m -ed
- Bulgarian: животно n
- Catalan: [1] animal m (ca); bèstia f (ca)
- Chinese: 动物/動物
- Czech: živočich m, zvíře n
- Danish: dyr
- Dutch: dier n, beest n
- Esperanto: besto
- Finnish: eläin, elukka (colloquial)
- French: animal m, bête f
- German: Tier n (de)
- Hebrew: בעל חיים m
- Hungarian: állat
- Icelandic: dýr n
- Indonesian: hewan, binatang
- Interlingua: animal, bestia
- Italian: animale m, bestia f
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- Japanese: 動物 (どうぶつ, dōbutsu)
- Kannada: prani
- Korean: 동물 [動物] (dongmul)
- Latin: animal n, bestia f
- Lithuanian: gyvūnas m
- Norwegian: dyr
- Persian: جانور (janevar), حیوان (heyvan)
- Polish: zwierzę n
- Portuguese: animal m, besta f
- Romanian: animal n, fiară f
- Russian: животное n, зверь m
- Slovak: živočích m, zviera n
- Slovio: zver n
- Slovene: žival f, zver f
- Spanish: animal m, bestia
- Swedish: djur n
- Volapük: nim
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organism other than man
person who behaves wildly
- Breton: aneval m -ed
- Chinese: 野兽/野獸
- Czech: zvíře n
- Dutch: beest n
- Finnish: eläin, elukka (colloquial)
- Icelandic: dýr n
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- Lithuanian: žvėris m, gyvulys m
- Persian: حیوان (heyvan)
- Russian: зверь m
- Slovak: zviera n
- Swedish: best c
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Adjective
animal (no comparative or superlative)
- Of or relating to animals.
- animal instincts
- Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.
- animal passions
Synonyms
- (of animals):
- (unhindered by social codes): animalistic, bestial, wild
Translations
of animals
- Breton: loenel
- Bulgarian: животински n, plural, необуздан m
- Czech: zvířecí m, f and n
- Dutch: dierlijk, dierlijke
- Finnish: eläin- (in compounds)
- French: animal m, animale f
- German: tierisch
- Hebrew: חיה
- Interlingua: animal
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- Latin: animalis m, f, animale n
- Persian: حیوانی (heyvani)
- Polish: zwierzęcy m, zwierzęca f, zwierzęce n
- Portuguese: animal m and f
- Romanian: animal m, animală f, animali m plural, animale f plural
- Russian: звериный m
- Slovak: zvierací m
- Spanish: animal
- Swedish: djurisk
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unhindered by social codes
- Bulgarian: животински n, plural
- Finnish: eläimellinen
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- Romanian: sălbatic m, sălbatică f, sălbatici m plural, sălbatice f plural
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See also
French
Noun
animal m (plural animaux)
- animal
Synonym
Adjective
animal m (f animale, m pl animaux, f pl animales)
- animal
Synonym
Antonym
Latin
Noun
animal, -alis n
- animal
- living creature
Synonyms
Related terms
Spanish
Noun
animal m
- animal
pl:animal
